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What's the difference between cron schedule and auto_summarize.cron_schedule?

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I find just 5 stars in cron schedule & auto_summarize.cron_schedule is /10 what is the difference between these two.

I am trying to find the schedule of the alerts that are setup by other users. In Searches, reports, and alerts > advanced edit for one of the search I find just 5 stars in cron schedule & auto_summarize.cron_schedule is /10 what is the difference between these two.

Crontab Format. Commands are executed by cron when the minute, hour, and month of year fields match the current time, and when at least one of the two day fields (day of month, or day of week) match the current time. A field may be an asterisk ( * ), which always stands for "first-last". Ranges of numbers are allowed.

First field = MinutesSecond field = HoursThird field = Day of the monthFourth field = MonthFifth field = Day of the week

An asterisk basically matches every possible match, so for minutes and asterisk means any minute from 0-59. If you have * * * * *, that means every minute of every hour of every day of every month of the year, no matter what day of the week. to put the minutes field at */10 means every 10 minutes of every hour of every day of every month of the year, no matter what day of the week.

I would say, yes, ignore it. It is just going to run every 10 minutes instead of every minute. If you need it to run more often, then you can make the 10 be a smaller number or eliminate the /10 altogether.

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